Ireland is not going to shut the Border in response to any British concerns over the open-door policy for Ukrainian refugees, Minister for the Environment and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.
Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday an unnamed British government source complaining about Ireland’s move to give shelter to possibly 100,000 refugees, while the number in Britain remains in the low hundreds.
It was claimed the situation presented a security risk to the UK.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Ryan was asked if such concerns were legitimate.
He said there had been an open Border with Northern Ireland throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and that was not going to change due to the arrival of refugees in Ireland.
He said security can be enhanced with good sharing of information.
“We’re not going to shut the Border… I think the UK government are going to understand this in the same way we understand when it was coming the other way with the pandemic, that the best way is not to shut the Border but to make sure you share information and that gives confidence and security.”
He said Cabinet was told how Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has been in regular dialogue with British home secretary Priti Patel, including on mechanisms for sharing information on arrivals to Ireland in a “GDPR-appropriate manner”.
Mr Ryan said the Common Travel Area was “managed effectively” during the pandemic and he was confident the same could be done in relation to refugees.
Under Common Travel Area rules, British and Irish citizens can travel freely between the two countries without passport checks.
Mr Ryan said there was a common European Union approach and he believed the bloc was showing its strengths and values during the crisis.
He declined to comment on whether the UK needed to do more to help refugees, saying Ireland was focused on “getting our own logistics right” in an “unprecedented situation.
However, earlier, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he “regrets” the British government’s current position on accepting Ukrainian refugees.
The Daily Telegraph reported an unnamed British government source complaining about Ireland’s move to give shelter to possibly 100,000 refugees, while the number in Britain remains in the low hundreds.
Mr Donnelly said Ireland was making “the right decisions” on admitting Ukrainian refugees and making it easier for them to arrive here, in line with the approach in fellow EU member states.
“I regret the UK’s current position…I would love to see the UK in line with what Europe is doing,” he said.
He was launching the Government’s women’s health action plan in Dublin.
The unnamed British government source alleged to the Daily Telegraph: “Ireland has basically opened the door to everyone in Ukraine which creates a problem.”
“We’ve seen this before with migrants from Albania that they have come through Dublin, into Belfast and across to the mainland to Liverpool. That’s created a drug cartel route.”
Separately, Ireland’s participation in a fourth round of sanctions against Russia is being considered by the Government on Tuesday.
The European Union, the United States and others have imposed string of economic sanctions on Russia, its president Vladimir Putin and some of his key allies in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said an announcement on fresh EU sanctions was expected within days. He suggested items such as oil, coal, timber and gas were being looked at but that there was no agreement yet.
Mr Donnelly said Cabinet would also discuss health supports being put in place for the anticipated arrival of large numbers of Ukrainian refugees.
“There will be an initial health care assessment, we’ll obviously have a vaccine programme ready to go.
“There’ll be medical cards, we’re arranging access to GPs for people who come in who might be in hotels, for example, or if they’re within the community we’re arranging access to local GPs, access to hospitals as well.”
Mr Donnelly also said “mental health supports will be important for some because some people a going to come here, they’ll be very, very traumatized”.
He said others may have underlying chronic conditions that need ongoing treatment, and “we’ll be making sure that’s happening as well.”
I’d be very interested to know who the unnamed britgov source is. Since various government members are making noises of “No no we absolutely are accepting of Ukr. refugees” but yet “We have concerns about Britains security in regards to Ukr. refugees”
Sounds like someone is trying to tip the scales and start a bit o Barny lol
The sooner we get those 6 counties back and be done with them cunts the better.
Its very easy to go crazy and say let’s have unlimited refugees. Housing, schools etc will be the real test.
> Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday an unnamed British government source complaining about Ireland’s move to give shelter to possibly 100,000 refugees, while the number in Britain remains in the low hundreds.
Such a nonsense way of phrasing it, comparing the theoretical limit we’ve floated to the current amount the UK has taken. There’s literally no way the UK doesn’t take thousands as well.
Bit obnoxious capitalising Border every single time, don’t you think?
Wait…
I hope we help as many as we can but this is gonna be a shitshow. We don’t have the infastructure to manage this. Best hope is most ppl will go to families.
The unnamed British government source alleged to the Daily Telegraph: “Ireland has basically opened the door to everyone in Ukraine which creates a problem.”
“We’ve seen this before with migrants from Albania that they have come through Dublin, into Belfast and across to the mainland to Liverpool. That’s created a drug cartel route.”
Well, those Ukranian women and children are drug-addict Neo-naZis after all 😭😡
I wouldn’t be surprised if the DUP are behind it. Any straw they can pluck to escalate the protocol protest
We could set up an underground railway and slip these lads across the border and onto a ferry. Less chance of being stopped in a private car. The brits are making it difficult for families to reunite so I would have no moral problems with this.
Who the fuck would go to Britain if you’d already gotten asylum in the EU?
Under that logic anyone who has ever had access to the EU could enter GB through Ireland. Why is suddenly a problem now I wonder? 🤔
They shouldn’t be concerned. If the Russians nuked the north, it’d cause around €32bn in improvements.
shower of money grabbing bastards
100k is an insane figure. What happens when they have no place to stay and we see Ukrainian kids sleeping rough? No planning and this will be a disaster
A huge amount of ‘child asylum seekers’ come to Ireland to slip across the boarder illegally into the UK. Just look at the scores of missing non-Irish people that the Gardaí never bother to ever investigate. https://www.garda.ie/en/missing-persons/?pageNumber=4
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Ireland is not going to shut the Border in response to any British concerns over the open-door policy for Ukrainian refugees, Minister for the Environment and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.
Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday an unnamed British government source complaining about Ireland’s move to give shelter to possibly 100,000 refugees, while the number in Britain remains in the low hundreds.
It was claimed the situation presented a security risk to the UK.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Ryan was asked if such concerns were legitimate.
He said there had been an open Border with Northern Ireland throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and that was not going to change due to the arrival of refugees in Ireland.
He said security can be enhanced with good sharing of information.
“We’re not going to shut the Border… I think the UK government are going to understand this in the same way we understand when it was coming the other way with the pandemic, that the best way is not to shut the Border but to make sure you share information and that gives confidence and security.”
He said Cabinet was told how Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has been in regular dialogue with British home secretary Priti Patel, including on mechanisms for sharing information on arrivals to Ireland in a “GDPR-appropriate manner”.
Mr Ryan said the Common Travel Area was “managed effectively” during the pandemic and he was confident the same could be done in relation to refugees.
Under Common Travel Area rules, British and Irish citizens can travel freely between the two countries without passport checks.
Mr Ryan said there was a common European Union approach and he believed the bloc was showing its strengths and values during the crisis.
He declined to comment on whether the UK needed to do more to help refugees, saying Ireland was focused on “getting our own logistics right” in an “unprecedented situation.
However, earlier, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he “regrets” the British government’s current position on accepting Ukrainian refugees.
The Daily Telegraph reported an unnamed British government source complaining about Ireland’s move to give shelter to possibly 100,000 refugees, while the number in Britain remains in the low hundreds.
Mr Donnelly said Ireland was making “the right decisions” on admitting Ukrainian refugees and making it easier for them to arrive here, in line with the approach in fellow EU member states.
“I regret the UK’s current position…I would love to see the UK in line with what Europe is doing,” he said.
He was launching the Government’s women’s health action plan in Dublin.
The unnamed British government source alleged to the Daily Telegraph: “Ireland has basically opened the door to everyone in Ukraine which creates a problem.”
“We’ve seen this before with migrants from Albania that they have come through Dublin, into Belfast and across to the mainland to Liverpool. That’s created a drug cartel route.”
Separately, Ireland’s participation in a fourth round of sanctions against Russia is being considered by the Government on Tuesday.
The European Union, the United States and others have imposed string of economic sanctions on Russia, its president Vladimir Putin and some of his key allies in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said an announcement on fresh EU sanctions was expected within days. He suggested items such as oil, coal, timber and gas were being looked at but that there was no agreement yet.
Mr Donnelly said Cabinet would also discuss health supports being put in place for the anticipated arrival of large numbers of Ukrainian refugees.
“There will be an initial health care assessment, we’ll obviously have a vaccine programme ready to go.
“There’ll be medical cards, we’re arranging access to GPs for people who come in who might be in hotels, for example, or if they’re within the community we’re arranging access to local GPs, access to hospitals as well.”
Mr Donnelly also said “mental health supports will be important for some because some people a going to come here, they’ll be very, very traumatized”.
He said others may have underlying chronic conditions that need ongoing treatment, and “we’ll be making sure that’s happening as well.”
I’d be very interested to know who the unnamed britgov source is. Since various government members are making noises of “No no we absolutely are accepting of Ukr. refugees” but yet “We have concerns about Britains security in regards to Ukr. refugees”
Sounds like someone is trying to tip the scales and start a bit o Barny lol
The sooner we get those 6 counties back and be done with them cunts the better.
Its very easy to go crazy and say let’s have unlimited refugees. Housing, schools etc will be the real test.
> Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday an unnamed British government source complaining about Ireland’s move to give shelter to possibly 100,000 refugees, while the number in Britain remains in the low hundreds.
Such a nonsense way of phrasing it, comparing the theoretical limit we’ve floated to the current amount the UK has taken. There’s literally no way the UK doesn’t take thousands as well.
Bit obnoxious capitalising Border every single time, don’t you think?
Wait…
I hope we help as many as we can but this is gonna be a shitshow. We don’t have the infastructure to manage this. Best hope is most ppl will go to families.
The unnamed British government source alleged to the Daily Telegraph: “Ireland has basically opened the door to everyone in Ukraine which creates a problem.”
“We’ve seen this before with migrants from Albania that they have come through Dublin, into Belfast and across to the mainland to Liverpool. That’s created a drug cartel route.”
Well, those Ukranian women and children are drug-addict Neo-naZis after all 😭😡
I wouldn’t be surprised if the DUP are behind it. Any straw they can pluck to escalate the protocol protest
We could set up an underground railway and slip these lads across the border and onto a ferry. Less chance of being stopped in a private car. The brits are making it difficult for families to reunite so I would have no moral problems with this.
Who the fuck would go to Britain if you’d already gotten asylum in the EU?
Under that logic anyone who has ever had access to the EU could enter GB through Ireland. Why is suddenly a problem now I wonder? 🤔
They shouldn’t be concerned. If the Russians nuked the north, it’d cause around €32bn in improvements.
shower of money grabbing bastards
100k is an insane figure. What happens when they have no place to stay and we see Ukrainian kids sleeping rough? No planning and this will be a disaster
A huge amount of ‘child asylum seekers’ come to Ireland to slip across the boarder illegally into the UK. Just look at the scores of missing non-Irish people that the Gardaí never bother to ever investigate. https://www.garda.ie/en/missing-persons/?pageNumber=4